Tag Archives: software development

Forcing Strong Passwords

Posted on February 17, 2016 by way0utwest

It seems that every week we have some sort of data breach that results in emails and passwords for users being released. That alone is a good reason why you should not have passwords shared across sites or systems. I … Continue reading →

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Reasonable Timeframes

Posted on February 11, 2016 by way0utwest

Many of us hear about problems with various systems on a regular basis. We report them in Database Weekly far too often, and I’m sure a few of you have been informed (or found) bugs, nagging issues, even vulnerabilities in … Continue reading →

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Queues in Databases

Posted on February 3, 2016 by way0utwest

I ran across this post, The Database as a Queue Anti-Pattern, and it struck a chord. I both agree and disagree with the premise, and certainly see this as another case of the “it depends.” However, I am curious what others … Continue reading →

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Maybe Security is Harder than Rocket Science

Posted on February 2, 2016 by way0utwest

I was giving a talk last year about software development and I made an off-hand remark that most of developers out there shouldn’t be writing authentication schemes for applications. My reasoning was that most people aren’t good at writing these … Continue reading →

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